Machine for composing and justifying lines of printing types



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A. LUBAC MACHINE FOR COMPOSING AND JUSTIFYING LINES 0F PRINTING TYPES 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed March 29. 1923 Patented Apr. 7, 1925.

UNITED" STATES PAT canon.

ALFRED-LUBAC, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

MACHINE FOR- ooivirosnve AND JUSTIFYING' LIN-ES or. rain-nine TYPES.

Application filed March 29, 1923. Serial No. 628,503.

To all whom it-may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED Lnnao,ac1tizen of France, and a resident of Paris, France, have invented some new and useful" Improvements in Machines for Composing and Justifying Lines of Printin Types, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to machines for composing and justifying of lines of printing types and its object is to provide a machine of. composing working with channels and a ner to present real advantages over the manual composition. In the machines with channelsthe system of ejection and forwarding of the types were too complicated. to permit. a regular working, especially in case of a lnrality of ranges or rows of the'channels. When utilizing the inclined channels, the eye of the types descended more rapidly than the foot and the column of the types leaned, rendering thereby impossible the ejection. Finally, the mechanical justification of the lines was an impediment never to be surmounted. j

The channels are, according to the present invention, disposed in. several rows. They are perpendicular to the inclined plane servingas slide for the ejected types.

-The composition is effected by pressing upon the keys actuating the ej-ectors by means of tringles and the justification is operated by means of devices described in the French Patents Nos. 510,343 and 521,182 of the applicant, by shifting the lines by means of a rake below a. searcher of spaces, the tooth whereof abuts against the types permits passage of words and falls in thespecial notch of spaces in order to open an interval between the words. I

In the drawings annexed to the present specification:

Fig. 1 is a lateral view of the machine, without feet,

Fig. 2 represents, in an enlarged scale the lower part of a channel, in a side view, in position upon the slide above an ejector; Fig. 3 represents the lower part of three channels in position upon the slide with their ejectors, seen from the baclt, according to a sectionA'.A of Fig. 5;

Fig. 4 is an elevation" of' the lower-part of a channel seen from the opposite-side to the Fig. 2, n'el;

Fig, 5' is a frontal View ofl'the pl'an showing a part th'e ejfectors from above, in-.open.-- ings provided in the slide", the channels above the openings and" the plates guitlfing the ejected types;

The Fignresoand 6 representt the plane view of the machine, the sli'dei lieingsupposed horizontally-g these two figures being joined according to lines X.X;.

L 1g. T is a plane-view of a plate;

and a view from the top, of the chan- 1 Fig. 8 is a section according fC'B'i-JT of Fig. 5; j v j Fig. 9 is a section according toof Fig; 6

of. the channels 1 is assured by-cu'ts' provided.

in angle irons 2, ofstee'l, sfiurpporte'dv at each: end by pillars 3: of cast iron. The an-gle irons supporting'the channels in the upper part, are fixed above the pillars, the lower angle irons are fixed uponangle ironsst applied against the pillars; fioinwi thin.

The. bottom of the channels is convex in order to facilitate the sliding of. the types. They are fitted in; the lower partwith aheel Fig. 101s a section accordingto' D,'-D- of.

5 serving as theirsupport upon the slide 6. I

The one .o fthe borders is prolonged by a ro'ection 7 bent inwardl. 1 in a ri ht an' le .P l i 5 e a in amanner to form a sole" 8" supporting the column of types: when 7 the "channels arenot in position upon the machine. 2

V'Vlienv the channels are in posit-ion, they are situated abovean ejector 9'- projecting a little beyond an opening 10 provided in the plate of the inclined plane forming thesli de. The ejector isprovide'd with abroad slit" 11 (Fig. 2.)" in the upper para It's fixation is effected by means of or rather at an end of i a tringle 12 carrying a key at the other end and permitting of being swungint'o holes of two angle irons 14 and 15 extending thewholewidthof the machine and having their ends lodged in the slits. of two bands '16 incast iron-or steel reposing upon the framing 17.

- At each side of the" slit 11 of the ejector a flat portion in the upper'part 15 provided forming, two; soles 18: supporting the type column in case that the channel is in position having its sole engaged in the slit of the e ector.

' The ejector is maintained in a vertical plan by a .spring. 19. VVhena key is pressed y it oscillates and thetype touching the soles is pushed beyond the channel by two claws 20 projectinga little beyond the soles of the ejector. The ejector having accomplished its' first .oscillation, the type columnis supbyIthe borders of the opening wherein it ported by theclaws. At the back oscillation, the type column descends in order to place itself upon the soles. The amplitude ofthe oscillations of the ejector is limited engages.

The ejection of the types-is effected at the side ofthe channels, opposed to the projection. -This side bent outwardly in a right angle, for1ns a wing 21 impeding the type froni'turning backwardly at its exit from the channel. The interval between the 'soles of'the ejector and the wing is sufficient to let pass a type, but one type only. On leaving the channel the type is placed flat on the side. It is guided firstly between the borders of two plates or the like 22. If arriving from a superior channel, it passes above the openings disposed below, as

shown in :Fig. 5, follows thereupon the oblique flanges 23'directing'the broad. types of usual width against a channel 24 and the broad types against another channel '25.

I The two-channels abut in the same point upon the radius of assembling of the types.

While falling upon the channels the types.

arrange themselves edgewise before passing uponthe assembling spot.

; The t-, 0 channels are necessary for placingedgewise ofthe types. The channel of the ordinary types must have a width sufficient to permit the falling of the types into the same while resting edgewise. ."The same ought not to be so wide as to permit the types of placing themselves flat. This is" the reason why a special channel is,

I necessary for wide or broad types. i The channel for wide types 'of ordinary width is formed by the point of the slide 26 which is the one side thereof, by the ledge 27 which is the-other .side and by the assembling and justifying-platform 28 which constitutes .the bottom of the chan- 'nel. The ledge 27 is fixed upon the platform 28 which is lower than the slide whereof the triangle point advances upon I i the platform 28. j

In arriving upon the assembling ray, the

types are arrested by a ledge 30. They are shifted in line by a doublepallet 31 rotating' between the branches of a measuring slide 32 immovable during'the composition.

The pallet 31 is fixed at the end of an; axle carrying a pulley '33 against the other The 'endof the axle pivots in a bearing carried by a rod 34 serving also for assembling of the.

end, below the platform 28.

machine walls.

The maclnne'represented 1n the drawlngs of the key board. The keysof the three first ranges of the key board, .begmning from the top, command the, ejectors with aid of ;a sole tringleq The keys of the fourth and fifth range command the ejectors of sixteen chan nels of the left ofthe uppermost range with aid of two Itringles each one of them carrying a lever in its lower part. i There is a tringle for the key and 'a tringle for the ejector. The two tringles are rendered solidary by a third tringle 35 articulated with the two levers. Upon Fig. 1 are represented two levers 36 on the tringles', of

' in the way of an example shows three rows the keys of the fourth range and two levers 37 on the tringles of th-e keys of the fifth I I range.

' The tringles of fourth range are carried by the rod 38 and by the rod 39.

the eight keys of the The tringles of the eight keys of the fifth range are carriedby the rod 38 and by the rod 40. i Vhen commencing a applies itself against the pallet of a rake 41 carried by a body having as its guide;

the ledge 30 raised inorder to "serve as a rail ,for the same. types arrive, the rake moves away from the rotating pallet. The pallet of the rake is line, the first Wipe.

In proportion as the slit in a manner to pass below the space searcher without touching the same.

When the composition represents nearly the length of a line, the same is measured 'bvshifting to the, left the needle 42 solid with a tooth wheel 43 engaging arack 14: forming part, of a slide having two branches,

the assembling pallet rotating between the latter.. The slide shifts the composition to the right when the needle is shifted to the left.

At the same time when shifting the needle for measuring'the composition, the

abutment 45 is lowered by pressing upon the same with the finger, this abutment serving then as stop for the rake. The line is then squeezed between the slide and the rake. The needle indicates upon a graduated sector 46 the difference between the measured length and the length which the line ought to have.

The rake is brought thereupon to the other end of the line.

In order to justify a line, firstly the necessary spaces are fed into the collecting channel of the spaces of justification 47 where they are united flat wise end to end, the first thereof being in front of a pallet 48. The justification is operated in making pass the line, by means of the rake ll, below a space searcher 49, with aid of means de scribed in the French Patents i os. 510,843 and 521,182 of the applicant.

The elements of the justifying apparatus are represented in Fig. 6 in order to show the position they occupy in the machine.

I No description is given of these elements,

no claims being established for the same.

After justification of the line the same shifted to the right with the rake 41 until it is arrested by the ledge 50 surpassing the line of the ledge 30 and slit slightly in its lower part. The finger describes a fourth of a circle on the line in order to place the same upon a shutter 51 which can be raised by means of a lever 52. The line arriving upon the shutter, the pallet 53 is disposed against the lines composed as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 12. The pallet is carried by a rod 54: the pivotal ends whereof can slide in two bearings 55, 56. In order to pass the pallet behind the line disposed upon the shutter, the line is raised by applying the finger to the pin 57 and shifting the line to the left. The shutter is lifted thereupon in order to apply the line against the pallet, whereupon the shutter is left to fall back, the line being shifted thereupon to the right with the pallet.

fying the lines of the printing types, several ranges of channels with convexbottoms, a V. V.

supporting heel in their lower part, a sole in the same for supporting the types when the channels are not in position, and a wing in the same, for impeding the types from falling back during ejection, and means to arrange the channels perpendicularly to a single-inclined plane serving as slide.

2. In a machine for composing and justifying the lines of the printing types,'several ranges of channels with convex bottoms, a supporting heel in their lower part, a sole in the same for supporting the types when the channels are not in position, a Wing in the channels for impeding the types from turning backwardly when being ejected, the

arrangement of the channels perpendicularly to a single inclined plane serving as their slide, ejectors with soles, claws and slits fixed at the end of a tringle carrying a key at the other end, oscillating owing to the action of the key and of a counteract ing spring between the borders of an opening in the plate of the inclined plane forming the slide.

3. In a machine as described and claimed, a slide constituted by a plane of metal with openings wherein oscillate ejectors; type channels wherein types may slide above the ejectors, plates and ledge guiding the ordinary types against a special channel, the wide types againstanother channel having. the same issue as the first one and the spaces of justification against another channel.

4:. In a machine as claimed in claim 2, an assembling device for the lines comprising a shutter for redressing of the lines and a pallet carried by a rodsliding in two bearings.

'In witness whereof I affix my signature.

i ALFRED LUBAC. 

